Montana Publications

In Montana, a justice reinvestment approach produced a comprehensive package of legislation that will reserve prison space for people who pose the greatest risk to public safety, alleviate jail overcrowding, and help ensure communities are safer. This publication presents a full summary of the justice reinvestment process and legislation.

This presentation to the Montana Commission on Sentencing introduces quantitative analyses on front-end justice system pressures and the Department of Corrections secure, alternative secure, and probation and parole populations in addition to qualitative assessments of the state’s criminal justice system. […]

This presentation to the Montana Commission on Sentencing introduces the justice reinvestment process and covers information on risk and needs assessments, behavioral health, supervision, and win-wins for local and state governments in other justice reinvestment states.

The Justice Reinvestment in Montana Overview highlights recent criminal justice trends in Montana that the Montana Commission on Sentencing and the CSG Justice Center staff will be exploring in coming months as part of the state’s justice reinvestment efforts.

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